MADISON -- Laughter will accompany the lasagna served at MCS Drama Club's dinner theater this year as the kids perform "The Capricious Pearls" and "Paper or Plastic."

"Paper or Plastic" is the story of teenager Sarah portrayed by MCS senior Rachel Rockwell who is thrown into the bizarre world of a grocery store.

"Sarah deals with the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl dealing with her horrible manager and the strange customers she sees on a daily basis," Rockwell said. Rockwell has been an active member of the drama club since seventh grade, and has played minor parts even before that.

"He doesn't treat his employees the way he should and doesn't really do much work himself," Brenon said.

Brenon said the modern setting of the play really helped the cast get their lines together quickly.

"I can relate to Sarah a lot," said Rockwell. "I just started working at a store myself. Like Sarah, I'm blown away by how weird some customers can actually be."

The second production will be "The Capricious Pearls," the story of Boss and his team of thieves who have returned to collect a set of pearls they stashed in an abandoned house. Since the heist, and unknown to the crooks, the building has been turned into an old folk's home.

One of the Boss' not-so-professional crooks, Clarence, portrayed by sophomore William Travis, spends his scenes lost in the old folk's home trying to find his team as they navigate their way through the home to find their prize.

Travis said there is tons of situational humor, and the cast has had a lot of fun putting the show together.

The facility's maid, Maude, played by eighth grader Samantha Fairchild, makes the search for the missing pearls even more difficult, boisterously annoying the criminals as they track down what they stashed.

"Maude is always complaining about everything she has to do," said Fairchild. "She smart-mouths everyone regardless of why they are there."

"We worked really hard on these performances and we want the audience to enjoy them as much as we do," Rockwell said.

"The dinner theater supports the drama club; everyone should come out and enjoy the performance," Fairchild said.

"People should come out to see us this weekend," Brenon said. "We worked really hard to get this going. The food is usually good too."

Reservations are required for the show and can be made by calling Maveret Umstead at 893-1878. Tickets are $10 and include dinner on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. in the Madison auditorium.